Camera-support.



H. B. SHAW.

CAMERA SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.3, 1910.

Patented 0011.24, 1911.

' H. B. SHAW.

GAMERA SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED PERS, 3.910.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

Z BIIBETS-YSIIEET 2.

UNITED ,STATESPATENCE OFFICE.

i CAMERA-SUPPORT.

speeincatm omettere raient. Patented 001;. 24, 1911. applicati@medrehruary 3.19m; serial 1ra-541,945.

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To vatltvhom *it may concern:-

`Be it' 'known that I, HARRY B. SHAW, an employee o f the Department ofAgriculture ofthe United States of America, residing at Takoma Park,District of Columbia, (whose post-office address is Takoma Park,Dist-riet of Columbia,) have invented a new and useful ImprovementsinCamera-Sup ports,

This application is made under the act of March 3, 1883, chapter 143 (22Stat., 625), and the invention herein described' and claimed may be usedby the Government of the United States or any of its oicersor employeesin the prosecution of work for the Government, or any person in theUnited' States, without alty thereon.

My invention relates to a stand or support for photographic cameras. j

The object of .my invention is to produce payment to me of anyroyholding or supporting photographic cameras at any desired anglebetween the vertical and the horizontal. This stand may be attached toany ordinaryI portable camera tripod, or any1 other'suitable camerasupport. This stand is of especial utility in photographing growingplants or other objects on the ground, for photographing any objectwhich must be placed in a horizontal position to secure the desiredresults, and to photograph any object requiring the camera to be placedat a considerable inclination either upward or downward. In using vthecamera in a vertical position this stand enables the operator to adjustthe camera within a considerable range nearer to, or fart-her from'theobject to loe-'photographed without the necessity of readjusting the.tri-

pod. It is of great utility in these.. direcf,

tions to' any one who has occasion to use a camera vertically or atextreme angles.. It may be constructed of any desirable size.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of my invention will bemore fully understood from the following description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof,wherein- 1 Figure 1 is a side perspective view of my invention attachedto the tripod and a-rranged in aclosed position. Fig. 2 is a sideperspective View of my invention attached to the tripod in an openposition, with-a camera attached thereto in a vvertical positionv Fig.

3" isha; sectional view'o my invention when at# tached to thetripod' inthe closedposition shown in Fig. 1'. Fig; 45 is a vview of vportion ofthe bed showing in section the applii 4cation of the binding screw intheslot on the side of the bedl Fig; 5 is a view ofone side of the bedshowing the alternative method wherein a series of sockets is employedinstead of ay continuous slot as shown in Fig. 2;

Referring to the drawings, a, represents Athe base of my camera support,and b the adjustable bed' thereof. The base, a, is provided at itscenter with a socket, a', into which said socl'ret,a, the standard screwof any ordinary tripod will tit and'securely hold 4the camera support tothe tripod head; The base, a, vis also provided with metal strips, c c,arrangedl on each side of its front end, having openings, d' d, thereinfor thei reception of the screws, e e. Thesel strips,

l c c, serve to `hold andretain the adjustable a' cheap and inexpensivedevice for use in bed, b, in position, and to act as a hinge on whichthe said bed, b, may be turned to any 1 desired angle between thevertical and hori-4 zontaL This object is accomplishedv by f looseningthe binding screWs, z, at the fezti j end of the base, a', thusreleasing the metal "slides, z' z', at their lower ends, the bed, b', ithen being `free tomove to any desired angle. lThen adjusted, the bed,b, is again secured .f by tighteningthe screws', z.- k.. The base, a,4is further provided with sockets, g g, on l` eachv sideeof its rear]end, adapted for the fre-y f eeption of binding screws, z, t, which holdj and' retain the metal slides, z' z', in place. 'rlhe slides, e', areslotted' in thel center' in Y order that the screws, It L, may passthrmigh such slots and hold the" slides," z', tightly -against there-arend of thefbase, a, andthe slides, z' are adapt-ed to be attached tothebed, b, by means of the binding screws, j j, which .pass'through 'theslots, m'mfinf said slides and fit into the slots, n n, as shown in Fig.2' of the drawings.

In the center` of the adjustable bed, ,fis

a longitudinal slot, la, which permits the adjustment of a camera at anypart of the length of said slot. A camera is attached.v to the bed,by-mean's of a screw,-Z, which can pass through any part of the slot,lc, into a socket in the camera adapted to' receive the screw, l,andtightening the screw, Z, in this position untij'lft becomes securelyfastened,

the camera is held rmly,'as shown in Fig. 2.

A notchis cut in the front end of the base,

vals

.tightened through strips, c c, into the "the slots, n ln, on each sideof the bed, b.

said slides into the slots,

"Ehen the slides, i e', are fastened to ,l j the bed, atits upper end bymeans of the screws, y" j, passingthrough the slots, m m, inthe n a, oneach side lof the bed, b, as shown in Fig. 2. The slides i, are fastenedto the rear end of the base,

ga, by the screws, h h, passing through the slots,m m, at thelower endof the said slides, i z', into the sockets, g g, when the bed,

b, and the slides, i i, are rigidly adjusted to. Athe base, a,

by means of the screws, c c, and hit, as described, the support is thenin proper ,position for the attachment of a camera which'is accomplishedby means of the screw, Z, passing through the slot, k, in

vthe bed, yb, into a socket in the camera arranged for the reception ofthe screw, and

secured tightly, so as to thoroughly secure -v the camera to thesupport. If it be desired to place the camera h h, areloosened,whereupon the slides, z' z,

are released at the lower end and travel backward overthe screws, h, andthe operator adjusts the bed, b,- at the desired angle and securelytightens thescrews, h h. This applies whether the preferred form withslots, fn. n, 'las-shown in.Fig. 2 of the drawbase, a, and the slides,z' v tions hereinbefore descr'bed but the sides of have ametal plateattached thereto' having a series of sockets therein ings, or the serlesofl sockets, f f, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, be employed. Inperforming this action it is unnecessary to remove'the camera from thebed, b.

I do not confine myself to the use of the slots, n n, in order to securethe bed,b, to the i, in any of the posilthe bed, b, may

ladapted for the reception of binding screws,

the support y atan angle the screws,

as shown in Fig. 5. of the drawings. These sockets in the metal stripsattached to side of the bed, b, I designate f f. When the operatorwishes to lower the bed, b, in order to adjust the camera in relation tothe object to be photographed, where such bed is provided on each sidewith a metal strip having the slotsm. n, the binding screws, e e, andy', are loosened andthe bed, b, is made to slide down vbetween thescrews, e e, and y' j, until the proper position is obtained, then thescrews, e e and j j, are again tightened, thus securing the bed, b, inthe desired position.

If the bed, b, is provided with a metal strip on each sid having aseries of sockets, f f, therein, the screws, e c and 7' j, are releasedand the bed, b, is lowered until the proper position is obtained; thenthe screws,

e e, are tightly screwed into the proper sockets of the series ofsockets, f f, which are suitably arranged for holding the bed, b,securely; the screws, y' j, are likewise screwe into the sockets, g g,on each side of the front end of the base, a; securely held in position.

My invention may be made of any material which is suiiicientlysubstantial to hold a camera, and perform the functions hereindescribed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as follows:

A camera support consisting of a base, a bed pivoted to said baseandadapted to be adjusted to an angle of 90 thereto and having alongitudinal slot therein, a set screw slidable in said slot and adaptedto hold the camera in adjusted position upon said bed, slides connectingsaid base and^bed and having longitudinal openings therein, set screwsin said base and bed respectively and projecting through said openingsand adapted to hold the said base and bed in relative adjustment,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HARRY B. SHAW.

Witnesses.

' W. A. OR'roN,

W. W. GILBERT.

thus the bed, b, is

